Categories help organizations with a large number of workspaces organize and group them effectively. Once you’re running dozens of workspaces, the flat Workspaces list becomes hard to navigate — categories give admins a way to label workspaces by brand, region, team, or lifecycle stage, and give every user a way to filter and sort the list down to just the workspaces they care about. Think of it as:Documentation Index
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- Workspace — one project or initiative the team works in
- Category — a reusable label admins use to group workspaces together (
Brand: T-Mobile,Region: EMEA,Q2 Launch) - Workspaces page — the index where category filtering, search, sort, and pinning come together
What you can do
When theworkspace-tags feature is enabled, teams can:
- Apply categories to any workspace, such as
Brand: T-Mobile,Region: EMEA,Q2 Launch, orCompliance Review - Filter the Workspaces page by one or more categories from the Filters → Categories menu
- Sort the Workspaces table by the Categories column ascending or descending
- Combine categories with the existing search box and status filters (
Pinned,Public,Private) to narrow a long list quickly
Managing the org-wide category catalog (rename, delete) is limited to org Owners and Admins via the Manage Categories button on the Workspaces page. Workspace-level Owners and Admins can apply existing categories and create new ones inline from their workspace row.
How it works
Set up the category catalog
An org Admin or Owner opens the Workspaces page and clicks Manage Categories to create the initial catalog — for example: brand names, regions, or lifecycle stages.
Apply categories to workspaces
A workspace Owner or Admin opens the Categories cell on their workspace row and selects one or more existing categories, or types a new name to create one inline.
Where search, status, and pins fit
Use categories when you want a stable, reusable label. Use status filters and pins when you want to surface a specific subset within that label. Example:- Category:
Brand: T-Mobile - Status filters:
Pinned,Public,Private
- View every T-Mobile workspace for a portfolio review
- Show only the pinned T-Mobile workspaces during a daily standup
- Filter to Private T-Mobile workspaces when auditing access
- Use the search box on top of the category filter to jump to a specific workspace name
Use cases
Multi-brand or multi-business-unit accounts
Multi-brand or multi-business-unit accounts
Apply brand categories such as
Brand: T-Mobile, Brand: Metro, or Brand: Mint so each team can filter down to just the brand they own.This directly solves the “25+ workspaces are unmanageable” problem and lets a brand lead jump straight to their portfolio without scrolling past unrelated work.Regional or geo segmentation
Regional or geo segmentation
Create categories like
Region: NA, Region: EMEA, or Region: APAC so regional teams can scope the Workspaces page to their geography.Useful for global accounts where the same brand spans multiple regions — keeps regional standups and reviews focused on relevant workspaces only.Lifecycle and launch tracking
Lifecycle and launch tracking
Group workspaces by stage such as
In Discovery, In Build, Launched, or Q2 Launch.Gives PMs and CSMs a fast way to pull the “what’s shipping this quarter” view, and makes QBRs and launch readiness reviews easier to prep.Customer or account-specific organization
Customer or account-specific organization
Create categories per major customer, opportunity, or account team for shared org instances.Helps SE and CS teams keep one customer’s workspaces visually grouped — useful when one Gradial org supports several end customers or sub-brands.
Compliance and audit grouping
Compliance and audit grouping
Use categories like
Compliance Review, Legal Hold, or Restricted for workspaces with extra governance requirements.Lets admins quickly pull every workspace that needs a review pass. Pairs naturally with the existing Private status filter for access audits.Things to keep in mind
- Categories are org-scoped, not workspace-scoped — renaming or deleting a category in Manage Categories affects every workspace it’s applied to.
- Only org-level Owners and Admins can rename or delete categories from the org catalog. Workspace-level Owners and Admins can apply existing categories and create new ones inline.
- Category names are capped at 120 characters.
- A single filter selection caps at 50 active values.
- Categories work alongside the existing search box, status filters, and pinning behavior — they complement pins, not replace them.